kingnovel Chapter 463 Bloody Siege
Chapter 463 Bloody Siege
The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the bluestone walls of Lingxian Sect had already been dyed dark red. Yun Yao stood on the top of the city wall, her fingertips tightly grasping the Bingpo Sword, and the cold jade on the hilt made her face even paler. The negative energy fluctuations that the system warned of three days ago were now like dark clouds pressing down on the top of the head, and the skyline in the distance was surging with black demonic energy, as if a hideous wound had been torn open in the world.
"Here they come." Chu Mochen's voice came from behind. His Star Sword had already been unsheathed, and the starlight flowing on the sword echoed with Yun Yao's Ice Soul Sword. The two stood side by side, looking at the army of demon cultivators spreading like an ant colony below the mountain, their sleeves rustling in the cold wind.
The demon cultivators of the Blood Demon Sect were all dressed in black robes, with strange demon patterns crawling all over their skinny bodies. The first one rode a nine-headed demon wolf, with a scarlet cape dragging on the ground. It was the leader of the Blood Demon Sect. He looked up at the top of the city, grinning and revealing his white fangs: "You ants of the Lingxian Sect, today is the day you die!" Before he finished speaking, thousands of demon cultivators behind him roared in unison, and the sound waves shook the city wall to dust.
Yun Yao took a deep breath, and the Ice Soul Sword suddenly let out a clear dragon roar. The system's task prompt popped up in front of her at the right time: [Protect Lingxian Sect for seven days, and be rewarded with the fragments of "Taixu Sword Controlling Technique". ] She gripped the hilt tightly, and the spiritual power in her body surged like a river. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Ice she had obtained when she built her foundation hummed in her meridians. "Activate the mountain protection formation!" She turned and shouted to her disciples, her voice penetrating the hustle and bustle of the battlefield.
As the order was given, the seven main peaks of Lingxian Sect lit up with green spiritual light at the same time. Yun Yao inserted the Ice Soul Sword into the cracks in the city wall, and injected pure ice spiritual power into the center of the formation. Chu Mochen used the Star Sword to draw the power of the Big Dipper. In an instant, a transparent light shield enveloped the entire sect, and ancient runes appeared on the surface of the light shield, flowing like the Milky Way.
The pupils of the Blood Demon Sect leader shrank slightly, and he raised his hand and waved it, and the army of demon cultivators surged in like a black tide. The demon cultivators in the front row raised the black magic shield, and the skull engraved on the shield was glowing. Yun Yao sneered, and the Ice Soul Sword drew a semicircular trajectory. The land under the city suddenly cracked, and the biting cold air gushed out, condensing into a crystal ice wall.
"Kill!" Chu Mochen jumped down the city wall first, and the Star Sword drew a dazzling arc of light in the air. Every time the sword light passed by, several demon cultivators screamed and turned into ashes. His figure shuttled among the enemy groups like a ghost, and demon blood splashed wherever he passed, and he actually opened a bloody path in the demon cultivator formation.
Yun Yao followed closely behind. Wherever the Ice Soul Sword pointed, the ground quickly condensed into sharp ice cones. A demon cultivator was about to attack Chu Mochen's back. She flicked her fingertips and the ice cone suddenly grew, nailing the demon cultivator to the spot. "Watch out to the left!" She shouted a warning. Chu Mochen turned around and swung his sword, cutting the three demon cultivators who were surrounding him into two pieces.
The battlefield gradually became stalemate. The demon cultivators were fearless and rushed to the Lingxian Sect's defense line one after another. Yun Yao's ice wall was sizzling with the burning of the demon flames, and Chu Mochen's star sword also dimmed due to the continuous fierce fighting. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and glanced at the system panel. The mission countdown showed that there were six days and twenty-three hours left, and her heart sank.
"You can't hold on like this." Chu Mochen stopped beside her, breathing a little faster. His left shoulder was cut by the magic weapon, leaving a deep wound that could be seen to the bone, and blood soaked half of his clothes. Yun Yao frowned, took out the healing pill from the system space and handed it to him: "Stop the bleeding first."
The pill melted in his mouth, and Chu Mochen's wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. He looked up at the leader of the Blood Demon Sect in the distance, with murderous intent in his eyes: "Catch the leader first." Yun Yao understood, and the Ice Soul Sword turned a sword flower in his palm: "I will entangle the minions, and you go deal with him."
Just as the two were about to take action, something strange happened. A demon cultivator suddenly emerged from the ground, with sharp claws heading straight for Yun Yao's back. Chu Mochen's pupils shrank suddenly, and he could only throw the Star Sword out in time to rescue her. The sword energy passed through her body, and the demon cultivator screamed miserably, turning into a pool of black blood. But this momentary delay allowed the Blood Demon Sect Master to find a flaw.
"Break it!" The leader of the Blood Demon Sect roared wildly, and the demonic energy around him condensed into a huge skull, which fiercely crashed into the mountain protection formation. The light shield trembled violently, and several runes burst out with dazzling light. Yun Yao's heart was shocked, and she hurriedly injected spiritual power into the center of the formation. The cold light of the Ice Soul Sword and the starlight of Chu Mochen lit up at the same time, and she barely stabilized the formation.
"Damn it!" Yun Yao gritted her teeth, and the Ice Soul Sword suddenly burst out with a thousand-foot-wide cold light. She mobilized all the spiritual power in her body and condensed a ten-foot-wide ice river under the city. The ice river spread at an extremely fast speed, freezing all the demon cultivators who rushed to the front into ice sculptures. Those ice sculptures reflected strange colorful light in the sun, like a forest of eerie death monuments.
Chu Mochen took the opportunity to rush towards the Blood Demon Sect Master, and the Star Sword collided with the opponent's magic knife, producing fierce sparks. The battle between the two set off a strong wave of air, and the surrounding demon cultivators were shaken to the ground. Yun Yao supported from behind, and the Ice Soul Sword continuously shot out ice spikes, shooting and killing the demon cultivators who tried to approach one by one.
At noon, the bodies of the demon cultivators on the battlefield had piled up into a mountain. Yun Yao's spiritual power was greatly consumed, and the hair on her forehead was soaked with sweat and stuck to her pale face. She staggered and leaned against the city wall. The system prompt suddenly popped up: [The host's spiritual power is detected to be exhausted. Do you want to consume 100 points to exchange for the intermediate soul-restoring pill? ] She clicked to confirm without hesitation, and a pill with a green glow instantly appeared in her palm.
After the pill was swallowed, spiritual power flowed into his limbs like a spring. Yun Yao clenched the Bingpo Sword and was about to fight again, but saw that the battle between Chu Mochen and the Blood Demon Sect Master suddenly reversed. The Blood Demon Sect Master laughed wildly and slapped his palm. The skull formed by the devilish energy knocked Chu Mochen away and hit him heavily on the city wall.
"Chu Mochen!" Yun Yao's heart seemed to be clenched by sharp claws. She rushed towards Chu Mochen, and the Ice Soul Sword danced in front of her body, killing all the chasing demons. Chu Mochen struggled to stand up, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth: "I'm fine... Go away!"
Yun Yao helped him up and looked across the battlefield, suddenly noticing that the demon cultivators' offensive had slowed down. She was moved and looked at the Blood Demon Sect Master, only to see that he was frantically devouring the corpses of demon cultivators. With each corpse he devoured, the demonic energy around him became stronger.
"He is absorbing demonic energy to improve his strength!" Yun Yao's pupils shrank slightly. She helped Chu Mochen sit down and took out the Nine Revolutions Life-Extending Pill rewarded by the system: "Take this, I'll go stop him." Chu Mochen grabbed her wrist: "Too dangerous..." Before she finished speaking, Yun Yao turned around and rushed towards the leader of the Blood Demon Sect.
The Ice Soul Sword made an angry hum in Yun Yao's hand. She mobilized all the ice spiritual power in her body and condensed a huge ice sword in the air. "Go to hell!" She shouted sternly, and the ice sword slashed towards the Blood Demon Sect Master with a force of ten thousand kilograms.
The Blood Demon Sect leader looked up, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. He swung his sword towards the Ice Sword, and the moment the magic sword and the Ice Sword collided, a dazzling light burst out. Yun Yao was blown away by the air wave and fell heavily to the ground, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
"Is that all you can do?" The Blood Demon Sect leader licked the blood on his knife and approached step by step. Yun Yao struggled to get up, but found that her spiritual power was almost exhausted. She closed her eyes in despair, but at this moment she heard Chu Mochen's roar: "Let her go!"
Chu Mochen held the Star Sword in his hand, his body burning with blue flames. His injuries had healed under the effect of the Nine Revolutions Life-Sustaining Pill, and at this moment he rushed towards the Blood Demon Sect Master like a god of war. The Star Sword and the Demon Knife clashed again, and this time Chu Mochen had the upper hand, and each of his swords carried the momentum of destroying the world.
Yun Yao took the opportunity to stand up, and the Ice Soul Sword emitted a faint light. She knew this was her last chance, so she injected all her remaining spiritual power into the sword, and the Ice Soul Sword suddenly burst out with a brilliant blue light. "Ice for thousands of miles!" She shouted with her last bit of strength, and with herself as the center, the cold air spread rapidly to the surroundings.
In an instant, the entire battlefield was covered with a thick layer of ice. The Blood Evil Sect Master's magic knife was frozen, and Chu Mochen took the opportunity to pierce his chest with a sword. The Blood Evil Sect Master let out an unwilling roar and turned into black air and dissipated.
The battlefield finally returned to silence. Yun Yao slumped on the ground, and Chu Mochen staggered to sit beside her. The two looked at the ice sculptures and corpses on the ground, and no one spoke. The system prompt sounded at this time: [Guard Lingxian Sect for one day, six days remaining. Current progress: 1/7. ]
Yun Yao smiled bitterly and turned to look at Chu Mochen. His clothes were tattered and his face was covered in blood, but his eyes were still as firm as stars. "Can you hold on for another six days?" she asked softly. Chu Mochen suddenly smiled and reached out to wipe the blood off her face: "With you here, I believe we can win."
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the ruins of Lingxian Sect. Yun Yao leaned on Chu Mochen's shoulder, feeling his steady heartbeat. The Ice Soul Sword and the Star Sword were quietly inserted into the ground, and the blood on the swords glowed in the twilight. This day's bloody battle was just the beginning of a long guard, but they knew that as long as they fought side by side, nothing could defeat them.